History repeats itself

[Yonivore]

Reactionary, is he?

In the sense he reacts to criticism...yep; thin-skinned too.

[Winehole23]

There's a version of that I do believe. Obama's adherence to Bush era views on civil liberties and security has been striking so far.

[Winehole23]

In the sense he reacts to criticism...yep; thin-skinned too.

Afterglow of the "tell me whose ass to kick" revelation. It'll pass.

The press spent a whole week urging the President to have a tantrum anyway. In the end Obama rested content with mere verbal allusion to ass-kicking.

Big whup.

[Winehole23]

In the sense he reacts to criticism...yep; thin-skinned too.

Obama for sure doesn't like to have an unscripted press conference.

He's had even fewer than his predecessor at a similar stage, according to some bloggy thing I read recently.

As for being peevish and thin-skinned, I frankly have not discerned the evidence for this. Do you have some?

(Youtube submissions would be welcomed to settle this question provisionally, IMO.)

[Winehole23]

My appreciation of Obama is not as fine-grained as yours YV. Got any links handy?

[DarrinS]

This is comedy gold. I love the conspiracy theory that this guy's an RNC plant.



Actual interview starts around 2:15

[boutons_deux]

Are Breitbart and/or other VRWC assholes behind this?

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Conspiracy to Skew SC Primaries? Rep. Calls for Probe of Mysterious Dem Candidates

Posted By Joshua Holland On June 11, 2010 @ 7:10 am

I have no clue what’s going on in South Carolina, but something certainly does seem odd about a few primary candidates on the Democratic side. TPM:

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has called for a U.S. Attorney investigation into the mysterious candidacy of Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene because he thinks the mischief goes far beyond one wacky race…

He said Greene was one of three Democratic candidates in three separate races whom the state party didn’t back or even recognize. All three candidates are African American.

According to TPM, Clyburn (D-SC) thinks they “were planted by people with deep pockets and nefarious motives.”

Something does appear to be fishy. None of the three filed required FEC disclosure forms, so nobody knows how much money they raised or who donated to their campaigns.

The things that I can’t figure out is how Alvin Greene won, given that he reportedly didn’t campaign at all. Sure, off-year primaries don’t feature a lot of turn-out, but why him? There were other Dems on the ballot who did hit the stump.

The there’s Gregory Brown, running in the 6th:

Unlike Greene, who appears to have mounted no campaign at all, Brown actually mustered a campaign, according to Clyburn. Brown paid his filing fee, ran television ads on the most expensive station in the district and put his campaign slogan on billboards and yard signs, Clyburn tells TPM.

“Somebody paid for all that, yet he showed not one dime in contributions. He spent $300,000 if he spent a penny,” Clyburn said.

And, finally, this key point:

… since election night the Burton campaign has been doing precinct tallies and has seen numbers that far surpass what turnout had expected to be, including all-white precincts where Greene beat Senate candidate Victor Rawl and Frasier beat Burton. Both Rawl and Burton are white. “None of it makes sense,” [a Burton campaign operative] said.

Smells fishy in South Carolina.


URL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/...em-candidates/

[DarrinS]

URL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/...em-candidates/

Lol alternet.org

[xrayzebra]

Are Breitbart and/or other VRWC assholes behind this?

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Conspiracy to Skew SC Primaries? Rep. Calls for Probe of Mysterious Dem Candidates

Posted By Joshua Holland On June 11, 2010 @ 7:10 am

I have no clue what’s going on in South Carolina, but something certainly does seem odd about a few primary candidates on the Democratic side. TPM:

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has called for a U.S. Attorney investigation into the mysterious candidacy of Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene because he thinks the mischief goes far beyond one wacky race…

He said Greene was one of three Democratic candidates in three separate races whom the state party didn’t back or even recognize. All three candidates are African American.

According to TPM, Clyburn (D-SC) thinks they “were planted by people with deep pockets and nefarious motives.”

Something does appear to be fishy. None of the three filed required FEC disclosure forms, so nobody knows how much money they raised or who donated to their campaigns.

The things that I can’t figure out is how Alvin Greene won, given that he reportedly didn’t campaign at all. Sure, off-year primaries don’t feature a lot of turn-out, but why him? There were other Dems on the ballot who did hit the stump.

The there’s Gregory Brown, running in the 6th:

Unlike Greene, who appears to have mounted no campaign at all, Brown actually mustered a campaign, according to Clyburn. Brown paid his filing fee, ran television ads on the most expensive station in the district and put his campaign slogan on billboards and yard signs, Clyburn tells TPM.

“Somebody paid for all that, yet he showed not one dime in contributions. He spent $300,000 if he spent a penny,” Clyburn said.

And, finally, this key point:

… since election night the Burton campaign has been doing precinct tallies and has seen numbers that far surpass what turnout had expected to be, including all-white precincts where Greene beat Senate candidate Victor Rawl and Frasier beat Burton. Both Rawl and Burton are white. “None of it makes sense,” [a Burton campaign operative] said.

Smells fishy in South Carolina.


URL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/...em-candidates/

He has ever qualification for a Dimm0Crap candidate. Criminal charges
No money and run out of the service.

[Winehole23]

He has ever qualification for a Dimm0Crap candidate. Criminal charges
No money and run out of the service.

So 2004.

[Winehole23]

[Yonivore]

Afterglow of the "tell me whose ass to kick" revelation. It'll pass.

The press spent a whole week urging the President to have a tantrum anyway. In the end Obama rested content with mere verbal allusion to ass-kicking.

Big whup.

Beer Summit is another example...

I'm sure I could find a half-dozen, or so, more examples of Obama reacting in such a manner, if I were so inclined.

[Yonivore]

This is comedy gold. I love the conspiracy theory that this guy's an RNC plant.



Actual interview starts around 2:15

The question to answer word count ratio is about 17:1.

And, by the way, before Democrats get too married to the "RNC Plant" theory, there was a hotly contested Republican Primary race for Governor in SC. I doubt that many Republicans would cross the line, particularly when DeMint is favored to win, no matter the opponent.

[ChumpDumper]

And, by the way, before Democrats get too married to the "RNC Plant" theory, there was a hotly contested Republican Primary race for Governor in SC. I doubt that many Republicans would cross the line, particularly when DeMint is favored to win, no matter the opponent.

After all, there is no precedent for Republicans' trying to change the result of a Democratic primary, is there?

[boutons_deux]

Repug dirty tricks, even nasty tricks, go all the way back to Nixon. Repugs and conservatives are just genetically nasty sons of es capable and guilty of just about anything.